AfrICANDO 2008

Capacity Building for Sustainable Solutions to Water Management Issues 1. International Center for Integrated Water Resource Management 2. JC-HOA Trainings in - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2007,2008)

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Nairobi, Kenya (2007) Jon Fenske, P.E., USACE IWR-HEC, Davis CA

International Center for Integrated Water Resource Management (ICIWaRM)

Hosted by USACE Institute of Water Resources (IWR), already up and running Nominated by U.S. Government as a global water center within the umbrella of the United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) International Hydrologic Program (IHP). – Nomination endorsed by IHP governing council July ’08, awaiting final approval by General Conference and Director General ICIWaRM is a "distributed” center, reflecting an intergovernmental partnership between Corps and other Federal agencies, academia, professional societies & NGO's Key core partners include Univ of Arizona, Oregon State Univ, Colorado State Univ, and Florida International Univ, along with ASCE, AWRA, The Nature Conservancy. Other institutions and organization likely to join as program grows

IWR OFFICES & TECHNICAL SPECIALTIES

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P rogram Direction

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Emerging Issues

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Water Resource Trends

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Policy Development Program Analysis National Studies IWR HQ Alexandria, VA

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& ICIWaRM P lanning Models & Methods

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Multi-Objective/IWRM

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Plan Formulation Socio-Economic Analysis Environmental Evaluation Hydrologic Engineering Ctr. (HEC) DAVIS,CA

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H&H Methods & Models Surface Hydrology Hydrologic Statistics River Hydraulics Ecosystem Function Models River Forecasting Reservoir Systems Water Management Groundwater Hydrology Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center

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(WCSC) New Orleans, LA W aterborne Commerce Statistics

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Foreign Trade

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Domestic Commerce

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P artnering

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Collaborative Planning

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Public Involvement National Interface International Outreach IWR NCR Office

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N avigation Infrastructure D redging & Lock Performance CW Business Information

ICIWaRM Core Organizations and Partners

Oregon State University Univ of New Hampshire Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) DAVIS,CA Colorado State University University of Arizona ICIWaRM Secretariat, Alexandria, VA Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, New Orleans, LA Florida Atlantic University ASCE AWRA The Nature Conservancy Global Water Partnership USA Institute for Water Resources (IWR) Core Partners Water Science / Academic Sector Professional Practice / NGO Sector

International Center f

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Integrated Water Resources Management (ICIWaRM)

 The mission of ICIWaRM is: “The advancement of the science and practice of integrated water resources management (IWRM) to address water security and other water-related challenges by regional and global action, through new knowledge, innovative technologies, collaborative interdisciplinary scientific research, networking, training and capacity development, within the framework of UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme (IHP)”.  A priority focus of ICIWaRM is on partnering and working with other UNESCO-IHP centers to advance US Government objectives in assisting nations in Latin America & the Caribbean, Africa and Asia.

ICIWaRM - Program Goals

IWRM Practice

Undertake

capacity-development

focusing on training for implementing IWRM at both watershed and national levels, particularly in Latin America, Africa & Asia, working closely in collaboration among UNESCO centers towards joint problem-solving.

ICIWaRM: International Center for Integrated

Contribute to the development &

advocacy of IWRM principles and best management practices,

focusing on institutional, engineering, planning and evaluation issues.

Water Resources Management Water Education

Foster

research, tech development and technology transfer

models and methods of that enhance IWRM .

Water Science

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ICIWaRM – Ongoing & Planned Activities

Partnership with UNECO-IHE and sponsorship of training at IHE Delivery of joint IHE & ICIWaRM IWRM short course June 08 Service on IHE-Delft governing board & ICHARM advisory board Partnership w/ CAZALAC – drought atlas, hydrologic workshop Co-Sponsorship of the 4 th International Symposium for Flood Defence , Toronto, Canada (6-8 May 2008) Partnered w/ ICHARM & Ctr. for Eco-Hydrology on Floodplain Eco Hydrology Conference, Lodz, Poland (19-21 May) Hydrologic (HEC) training Ethiopia & Kenya Mekong River Commission water professionals – River management & hosting of MRC delegation tour of Columbia River System, US & Canada Participation in the LAC-IHP Regional Annual Meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay – 12-13 Sep 08 HELP -10 Year Assessment Conf - Univ AZ/ICIWaRM (Oct 08) Chair of IHP Integrated River Management Working Group World Water Assessment Prog – to be presented at 5 th WWF Policy committee, Global water science & performance indicators, & Global marine transportation assessment

Capacity Building for Sustainable Solutions to Water Management Issues

Trainings

Nairobi, Kenya - 4 days Training on Modeling Hydrology and Hydraulics (May 2007) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - 6 days Training on Modeling Hydrology and Hydraulics (June 2007) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - 10 days Training on Modeling Groundwater Flow and SW GW Interaction (July 2008)

Sponsored by: CJTF - HOA

Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa HQ in Djibouti (Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Eritiea, Djibouti, Yemen, Uganda, Tanzania) Capacity building in the Horn – Well Drilling – Education – Hospital Renovation, Vet support

Horn of Africa

Nairobi, Kenya (May 28-31, 2007)

Nairobi, Kenya (May 28-31, 2007)

20 Students 4 Days Training Course initially was designed to present a broad overview of watershed hydrology, stream hydraulics and groundwater flow In response to students, training focus was adjusted to watershed hydrology and modeling

HEC-Hydrologic Modeling System (HMS)

Rift Valley

Rift Valley – Lake Navasha

Rift Valley – Growing Communities

US Army Corps of Engineers

May 22 - June 12, 2007

Movie

1 Teaching in Nairobi 2007

Closing Ceremony

Closing Ceremony

Class Photo (Kenya, 2007)

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (June 6-11, 2007)

30 Students 6 Days Training Course designed to present a broad overview of watershed hydrology, stream hydraulics and groundwater flow HEC – River Analysis System (RAS) – Most used stream hydraulics model in world – Floodplain mapping

Addis Ababa University (2007)

HEC-River Analysis System (RAS)

RAS- Floodplain Mapping

Blue Nile Gorge

Ethiopian Rift Valley

Ethiopia Class (2007)

Ethiopia Computer Lab (2007)

Closing Ceremony (2007)

Class Photo (2007)

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (July 7-18, 2008)

20 Students 10 Days Training In conjunction with US Geological Survey Course designed to train hydrologists in groundwater modeling using MODFLOW MODFLOW Groundwater Flow Model – Most used groundwater flow model in world – Long-Term Water management, SW-GW Interaction

Rift Valley Streams, Lakes

Rift Valley Lakes

Rift Valley Agriculture

Movie

3 Ethiopia 2008 Class

Ongoing Efforts

September 2008 (now) – THE CJTF-HOA is sponsoring two separate 4 day trainings on watershed modeling (HMS) in Nairobi, Kenya – 2 staff from COE Institute of Water Resources Hydrologic Engineering Center providing training

AfrICANDO 2008 Capacity Building for Sustainable Solutions to Water Management Issues

Jon Fenske, P.E., USACE IWR-HEC